Today is Mother's Day. Two days ago we were told that our mom has lung cancer. Yes, she was a smoker and the cancer is from smoking. Regardless of what the cancer is from doesn't change the way a person feels about getting news like that! The doctor referred to the mass he found on her lung as "huge". Tests are being done to determine whether or not it has spread to other parts of her body. A scan was done on Friday May 11 to see if it spread to her brain...tomorrow, May 14 she has a bone scan on her whole body. We don't know when the results will be back. The waiting to find out will be a tough one. I know that my mom has been thinking about a lot of things since getting the news because she is different. By that, I mean the way she talked to me a few days ago...she called me "sweet girl" and "sweetie-pie" all in the same conversation. I cannot remember the last time she ever called me anything like that. It felt really good. I was always envious of my friends whose mom's called them pet names and still do. It may seem minor to some but to me it was HUGE! I will never, ever forget that conversation.
